Pr & communications specialist

Key responsabilities:
•Press advisory and media relations
•Creation of press materials and press releases
•Proposals for new business
•PR & Communication plans and performance reports
•Communication of thematic events and topics for several areas of business (e.g: Tourism, Human Resources, Environment & Ecossystems, Real Estate, amongst others)
•Journalistic and PR aproaches to Institutional Communication; Product Communication and Services Communication.

Key achievements:
• Successful communication with good visibility and AVE (Adversiting Value Equivalent) results with international press on two occasions:
EurAfrican Forum: Europe-Africa Summit held in Portugal (Portuguese and African media);
Websummit: Communication of the Brazilian real estate startup & unicorn Quinto Andar, present at the event, with booked interviews for relevant international media (Finantial Times, EFE, Reuters, amongst others).

Key responsabilities:
•Press advisory and media relations
•Creation of press materials and press releases
•Proposals for new business
•PR & Communication plans and performance reports
•Analysis and dissemination of studies, research projects and information
•Reputation management and monitoring
•Implementation of Social Responsability and PR campaigns
•Organization of events (press events / press days)
•Contact with Influencers and management of collaboration agreements

Key achievements:
•Successful organization of creative press events with high attendance and elevated ROI results
•Communication of different topics in several areas of activity (health, research & development, automobile, lifestyle and social responsibility) with positive media results
•Creation and implementation of relevant social responsibility campaigns in the areas of literacy and environment
•Negotiation of in depth journalistic work, both in terms of institutional communication and products/services communication

Key responsabilities:
•Write monthly newsletters for clients in Europe, French Polynesia and USA
•Data intelligence: analyse market trends and statistic data (Eurostat, UK Office for National Statistics, etc.) 
•Collaborate in writing performance reports for clients in the Tourism sector
•Auditor UK Tour Operator product offers
•Create and manage B2B databases
•Newsletter's planning and managment

Key achievements:
•Outputs and suggestions for digital marketing campaigns
•Newsletter communications for large databases of tourism agencies and tour operators
•In depth market analysis for annual reports

Key responsabilities:
•Write press releases and communications for the ALDE Party Congress 2014
•Media relations: contacts with the press, articulation of interviews and bilateral meetings between journalists and Members of the European Parliament (ALDE Group), liberal European Commissioners, as well as liberal European Prime Ministers
•Events planning (contact with service providers, venue arrangements, etc.)
•Produce briefings and schedules for the team and staff 
•Coordinate events onsite

Key achievements:
•Successful organisation of a Congress in Lisbon for 700 attendees, including political dignitaries;  •Successful coverage of the event by the Portuguese media due to written press releases, sheduled interviews and contacts I managed directly with the media

Key responsabilities:
•Write articles for ERC newsletter for external communications “Ideas”
•Draft press releases regarding the ERC and research projects funded by ERC grants
•Write contents for social media 
•Media monitoring and collaboration in writing press reports

Key achievements:
•Understanding of European Institutions working procedures and methods
•Experience in one of the most relevant entities worldwide
•Communication of science related projects and funding mechanisms in the EU

Key responsabilities:
•Produce online contents, articles and stories for the website
•Content management of the Communications Department official website
•Media Monitoring

Key achievements:
•Dissemination or the work and patrimony of the institution through relevant and creative contents/articles/interviews for the website and for external communications

Key responsabilities:
•Produce online and print news and contents regarding Amnesty International's work and campaigns
•Manage social networks (Facebook, Twitter)
•Media Monitoring and writing of press reports

Key achievements:
•Experience in working for an NGO 
•Understanding the power of coordinated pressure/lobby on governments to achieve considerable outcomes on laws and international treaties
• Direct contact with Human Rights campaigns disseminated by Amnesty International worldwide and communication of these campaigns

Key responsabilities:
•Write news/articles related to the following topics: International Affairs, Science & Technology, Environment, Arts and Society
•Produce online contents (photo galleries, video reports, research for multimedia graphics)

Key achievements:
•Production of at least one article per day
•In depth research work
•Direct contact with sources.

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH)

•Main subjects: Globalisation, Energy & Environment, Security and Strategic Studies, New International Challenges

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH)

•Main subjects: Journalism, Writing Techniques, Reporting Techniques, Deontology
•Master Thesis: "The ‘Expresso’ newspaper and the process of media convergence: from platforms to content specialisation”

Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP)

•Main subjects: Communication, Journalism, Sociology, Political Sciences, Introduction to Economics
•Bachelor Thesis: Guerrilla Marketing in Portugal: Revolutionising the conventions